West wing wall is done!

The west end will be our back entrance. The two concrete strips on the ground mark our mudroom. The tires extend 3 tires past that so our roof will overhang the width of 3 tires outside of the entrance, which will be nice getting in/out when it rains.

Pretty soon I've have to mow our floor!

Hard at work on the 8th row. The back wall is lower than the front, because of the sloped roof, so the back wall will be a total of 8 feet high from the finished floor level.

Slowly starting back up again after 3 weeks of rain

Updated tire count: 374 tires total
First course (size: 265): 54 tires so far
Second course (size: 265): 50 tires so far
Third course (size:245): 54 tires so far
Fourth course (size:235): 53 tires so far
Fifth course (size:235): 51 tires so far
Sixth course (size:235): 50 tires so far
Seventh course (size:225): 49 tires so far
Eighth course (size:225): 13 tires so far

I'm wondering if we'll break the 500 tire mark by the time we're all done. We collected around 1000+ tires, so I guess we'll do lots of tire flower planters, tire lawn ornaments, and other crafty things to use them all up.

One tire pounded today

It's rained for at least two weeks now, and we've been able to pound a tire or two here & there. One today, and maybe three or four total since it started raining. Today has been the first full day of sunshine, and with a day or two more of sun we should be back in business. Can't wait!

While I was away...

I've been out of town for a few conferences, but lots has happened while I was gone (despite it raining most of the time I was away!) The cisterns have been put into position and backburried. Sorry the pics are a bit out of order; I had others taking photos for me while I was away. We're all set to start the 8th course and the two courses that go along the front (to support the windows) once the rain clears. Unfortunately it's supposed to be at least another week of rain to come :(